则
則HSK 7freq #966
Meanings
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- 1.(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
- 2.(bound form) standard; norm
- 3.(bound form) principle
- 4.(literary) to imitate; to follow
- 5.classifier for written items
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Wiktionary
- 1.Sentence-final TAM particle
- 2.only; merely
- 3.just; just now; a moment ago
- 4.only then; only after
- 5.Used to emphasize that something is/is not.
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Etymology
According to Qian (2010), in contemporary Urban Shanghainese, it has become 了 through lenition (/zəʔ/ > /ləʔ/). Full lenition chain 哉 (MC tsoj) > Suzhounese /t͡se/ > Suburban Shanghainese /tæʔ/, while Old urban Shanghainese /ze/ /zəʔ/ > Contemporary urban Shanghainese /ləʔ/.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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